few_shots: Example:
Problem/activity:
Stage 1: Money
Required Preparation
Materials to Copy
Blackline Masters
Would You Rather Stage 1 Spinner
Would You Rather Stage 1 Recording Sheet

Narrative
The first partner spins to get a group of coins. They write a question that compares the amount they spun to a different group of coins that they make up.


Mathematical concept/skill options: 
A. Solve problems involving measurement and estimation of intervals of time, liquid volumes, and masses of objects.
B. Represent and interpret data.
C. Geometric measurement: understand concepts of volume and relate volume to multiplication and to addition.
D. Geometric measurement: recognize perimeter as an attribute of plane figures and distinguish between linear and area measures.
E. Describe and compare measurable attributes.
F. Geometric measurement: understand concepts of angle and measure angles.
G. Convert like measurement units within a given measurement system.
H. Geometric measurement: understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and to addition.
I. Measure and estimate lengths in standard units.
J. Classify objects and count the number of objects in each category.
K. Tell and write time.
L. Solve problems involving measurement and conversion of measurements from a larger unit to a smaller unit.
M. Measure lengths indirectly and by iterating length units.
N. Work with time and money.
O. Relate addition and subtraction to length.


Thought: In this problem, students work with money in the form of coins.
Answer: N

Now, assign the following problem or activity to one or more relevant mathematical concepts/skills it teaches.
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options: Perform operations on matrices and use matrices in applications.

Represent complex numbers and their operations on the complex plane.

Compute fluently with multi-digit numbers and find common factors and multiples.

Extend the properties of exponents to rational exponents.

Apply and extend previous understandings of numbers to the system of rational numbers.

Know that there are numbers that are not rational, and approximate them by rational numbers.

Reason quantitatively and use units to solve problems.

Represent and model with vector quantities.

Use properties of rational and irrational numbers.

Use complex numbers in polynomial identities and equations.

Apply and extend previous understandings of operations with fractions to add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational numbers.

Perform arithmetic operations with complex numbers.

Perform operations on vectors.

Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to divide fractions by fractions.
problem_activity: Activity
Students solved equations of the form
\(x+p = q\)
and
\(px=q\)
in grade 6, but the equations only involved positive values. This activity bridges their understanding of a solution to an equation as a value that makes the equation true with their understanding of operations involving negative numbers from this unit. This activity builds on the work students have done in this lesson evaluating expressions at different values.
Monitor for students who:
take an arithmetic approach by substituting in values and evaluating. (Does
\(\text-2 \boldcdot (\text-4.5) = \text-9\)
?)
take an algebraic approach by writing an equivalent equation using an inverse operation (If
\(\text-2 \boldcdot x=\text-9\)
, then
\(x=\text-9 \div \text-2\)
.)
Digital
Launch
Allow students 5 minutes quiet work time followed by whole class discussion.
The digital version has an applet that allows students to see how many correct answers they have at any time.
Action and Expression: Internalize Executive Functions.
To support development of organizational skills, check in with students within the first 2-3 minutes of work time. Check to make sure students matched the correct solution to the first equation and can explain their reasoning with an arithmetic or algebraic approach.
Supports accessibility for: Memory; Organization
Student Facing
Match each equation to a value that makes it true by dragging the answer to the corresponding equation. Be prepared to explain your reasoning.
Student Response
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Print
Launch
Allow students 5 minutes quiet work time followed by whole class discussion.
The digital version has an applet that allows students to see how many correct answers they have at any time.
Action and Expression: Internalize Executive Functions.
To support development of organizational skills, check in with students within the first 2-3 minutes of work time. Check to make sure students matched the correct solution to the first equation and can explain their reasoning with an arithmetic or algebraic approach.
Supports accessibility for: Memory; Organization
Student Facing
Match each equation to its solution.
\(\frac12 x=\text-5\)
\(\text-2x=\text-9\)
\(\text-\frac12 x=\frac14\)
\(\text-2x=7\)
\(x+\text-2 = \text-6.5\)
\(\text-2+x=\frac12\)
\(x = \text-4.5\)
\(x = \text-\frac12\)
\(x = \text-10\)
\(x = 4.5\)
\(x = 2 \frac12\)
\(x=\text-3.5\)
Be prepared to explain your reasoning.
Student Response
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for free access to Student Response.
Activity Synthesis
Select an equation for which there is a student who took an arithmetic approach and a student who took an algebraic approach. Ask students to share their reasoning for why a solution is correct. Sequence arithmetic approaches before algebraic approaches. An example of an arithmetic approach: “I know that -3.5 is the solution to
\(\text-2x=7\)
, because I know that
\(\text-2 \boldcdot (\text-3.5)=7\)
. An example of an algebraic approach: “If
\(\text-2x=7\)
, then I know that
\(x=7 \div \text-2\)
.) Record their work, side by side, for all to see. If there are no equations for which students took both approaches, present both approaches anyway. Tell students that either approach is valid, but that in the next unit they will see some more complicated equations for which one approach might be simpler than the other.
Representing, Conversing, Listening: MLR7 Compare and Connect.
Use this routine to support whole-class discussion. Ask students, “What is the same and what is different?” about how they matched the expressions. Connect strategies by showing the different ways operations are used in each approach (e.g., arithmetic method by substituting in values and evaluating; algebraic method by using an inverse operation). Use gestures, and color on the display to highlight these connections. This helps students use mathematical language as they reason about their strategies to evaluate equivalent equations.
Design Principle(s): Maximize meta-awareness; Support sense-making


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